Congress Not Only Passes and Amends Laws but Also Approves

question 27

True/False

Congress not only passes and amends laws but also approves presidential nominees as head regulators and makes appropriations to agencies.

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Definitions:

Rural Production

The process of producing food, fiber, and other goods in rural, often agriculturally focused, areas.

American Economy

The American economy pertains to the economic system of the United States, characterized by a mixed economy with both private sector freedom and government regulation.

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Cumberland Road

Also known as the National Road, it was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government, stretching from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, initiated in 1811 to facilitate westward expansion.